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Texas storm reports for April 26, 2016

NOAA recorded 35 hail reports, 67 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Texas on April 26, 2016.

in Texas
109
Storm reports
Near 33.98, -99.72, TX
2.5 in
Largest hail
About 37 miles from Abilene, TX
96 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 50 miles from Beaumont, TX
7
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on April 26, 2016 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail35, most at 5 PM

Wind67, most at 4 AM

Tornado7, most at 10 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:47 PMEF0About 40 miles from Abilene, TX1.47 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:22 PMEF0About 33 miles from Denton, TX0.23 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:00 PMEF0About 23 miles from McKinney, TX2.42 mi long, 150 yd wide
10:11 PMEF0About 29 miles from McKinney, TX6.01 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:43 AMEF0About 4 miles from Tomball, TX0.41 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:58 AMEF1About 50 miles from Beaumont, TX0.69 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:22 AMEF1About 46 miles from Beaumont, TX2.22 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Abilene, TX1.0 in70 mph0
Allen, TX0.88 inNone0
Dallas, TX0.88 inNone0
Garland, TX0.88 inNone0
Mesquite, TX0.88 inNone0
Plano, TX0.88 inNone0
Richardson, TX0.88 inNone0
Austin, TXNone71 mph0
College Station, TXNone69 mph0
Conroe, TXNone69 mph0
Georgetown, TXNone60 mph0
Houston, TXNone58 mph0
Round Rock, TXNone70 mph0
Tomball, TXNone69 mph1
Tyler, TXNone64 mph0
Wichita Falls, TXNone70 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.